Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-17

relied shot gun he went in search of
. the men whose lives he had threat
ened Meeting Aldridge, who had
been forewarned, the latter took the
gun from him. whereupon Williams
drew revolver and shot AldrIdge
, twice. killing him instantly. VII
liam was arrested and placed in jail.
Excitement ran high, and a body of
men went to the jail to take him and
lynch him. The sheriff armed him
self and kept them OFF. Theprisoner
WAS taken from Jail last evening by
. citizens and hanged to n tree.
Nrv YoEK. August IO-Yesterday
afternoon, at Cockaway, Thomas
. SarEett Baldwin went up in balloon
taking n parachute along. and when
at a height of 1,2OO feet he climbed
over the edge of the basket. grabbed
the ring of his parachute, and with a
quick work of the knife set it free.
. Down it plunged without catching
the air. It looked a. if Tom Baldwin
was doomed man when in an instant
the side of the parachute bellied out,
the craft swayed easily from side to
side. and then hoatcd eastward as
gently as n falling apple blossom.
. She swayeJ little, though, and Bald
win swung IL pendulum fashion until
he touched this world on a sand fiat
i'm jamaica bay, about a thousand
wards from where he started 1t took
| hi,a one minute and forty two seconds
I 60 make the descent Standing knee
deep in the water, hewlyel his hand
kereliyt again, which inspired the
thousands to 10 great feats of cheer
ing
The reports Of the Northwestern
brought have been so alarming that
the public vii. be prepared to .
hear that the corn crop. which was 1
very rrouisiu-a month ago. Is likely .
20 fall below the estimates The .
national average Weld for 1887. as
computed and published by the (
Agricultural Department yesterday. /
is about 50 :. No doubt the crop
has been seriously damaged in the
West, especially in Kansas, Michigan.
Indiana. Illinois and Ohio. But 1t Is
possible that rain NAV yet come in
time to save much of the crop affect
or hv the drought. In the Atlantis
States the harvest Will be excellent.
AMI their Is uo certainty that there
VIII he a very grave deficiency IN the
aggregate yield Of the whole country. /
New York World
address 90 New Yors Press CIubT
Z would rather be am editor than
lrlI any Office IN the gift of the
people. had that question TO settle.
md did settle it on the side of my
.ro.,ssi0u. ] do not mean to exalt
DO profession Cf above all
others, b1t 7 30 pretend To say that. /
aside irom the good old rule tLst
shoemaker should strike to his last,
b l.UaJl.-u Is nowhere 50 much ont "
1i place rs wheU directing the me
'htuj~m Of political movement. q
no man can minEle politics and
journalism and remsiu an honest c
aan- He mUst. as q politician, sac 1
Itee the truth. or. as a journalist. t
are nothing for the truth. There
$ only one thing the journalist should !
strive after, and that Is to tell the c
ruth in advance Of any one else.
Bo-roN, August 1O-The evening
'ecOrd says that something ike a
week ago, the Edison Electric Light ,
began to dig a ditch along
Goylstou street FOR the purpose Of {
aging tLeir wires As the wCrkmen .
'sceuded the hill they encountered (
the graves and vaults which extend {
from the burial ground on the Com
mon under the Mall and into Bowls b
town street. The roofs Of the graves ,
were broken in and their contents ,
thrown out on the side OF the street
with earth bricl; and stones. Scat
tered all along the side OF, the trench.
are all parts of human skeletons.
some of these bones have been hung
mp on the fence of the Common, 4
where they are the subject Of sour
rIlous Jest.
\ terrible accident occurred near
B.Oscrvillo, Cumberland county, on
Saturday morning, a week by which
John Warner fofeitei his life. While
assisting In bearing away slabs from
q portable steam saw mill he was
thrown upon the rapidly revolving
saw Cud Instantly killed. His head
was severed completely from the
body and rolled down on the bed Of
the mill. Both arms We're cut off and
the body was so gashed and mangled
that II was with difficulty that the
other workmen could remove it to
his home. which Is but a short dis
tance. Warner was between 80 and
co years of age, and leaves a wife
and childudependent circumstances
LONDON, August IO.-A session of
the British parliament that should
adjourn without having engaged in q
test Of strength on the question Of
permitting the construction Of a tun-
mel between England and France. IN
der the English channel would be a rar-
Itv indeed The bill providing for the
excavation Of such tunnel was atthe
present session rejected by less than
fifty votes. but its opponents assert
that they could have largely increased
their majority had the result been at
all doubtful. while the friends of the
measure declare that public opinion 1
Is gradually drifting to their side of
the question:
After the Sd Of September the red
emption of trade dollars Will be clos /
ed, and the opportunity Of the hold I
ers of this lightweight coin to re
coive the value stamped on 1t for it .
viii be over. 2,55l,4I trade dollar. !
have been received Mt tho Sub-Treas- /
ury in this city. and this is over one /